IGEL , provider of the managed endpoint operating system for secure access to any digital workspace, today announced IGEL COSMOS. Unveiled at DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC event in Munich, COSMOS is a unified, agile platform to securely manage and automate the delivery of digital workspaces, from any cloud. Offering a modular architecture, granular endpoint control and end-user freedom, COSMOS is designed to enable organizations to garner the full power of current-day and future clouds wit...
Mar 09, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Remote work is alive and well and thriving in the U.S. and abroad. An estimated 36.2 million American employees will be working remotely by 2025. Right now, about a quarter of U.S. employees are working remotely and 16% of U.S. companies are all-remote, according to Zippia. It’s indicative of what is becoming the standard workforce environment of the future: a hybrid work environment that includes a fluid mix of remote, mobile, and on-site workspaces with a steadily increasing number of applicat...
Mar 09, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 73
The Digital Workspace Ecosystem Alliance (DWEA), a non-profit consortium of technology leaders dedicated to providing vendor-neutral tools and resources to help organizations develop their digital workspace strategies, has released the results of its first annual “State of the Digital Workspace 2022” survey, which looks at adoption, benefits, challenges and opportunities that remote, hybrid and on-premises work environments currently face. During September 2022, more than 2,500 organizations aro...
Jan 30, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Written by Edwin ten Haaf, IGEL Community Member More and more of our IGEL customers want to facilitate work from anywhere. In the office they were familiar with using #IGELOS driven devices. By providing end users with notebooks running IGEL OS or UD Pocket (IGEL on a stick) user can safely and easily connect to their virtual workplace. The management backend (UMS) is managing these devices in the local network. connect to ICG and the management backend connects to ICG and the devices can be ma...
Jan 24, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 71
This week we discuss the success of the IGEL Community and the value it has brought to the EUC community. We also cover the future and what the community has planned to bring more value to the current and future members. Host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Sebastien Perusat
Dec 28, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 70
One of my favorite parts about the IGEL Community and any community is people helping people. Someone asks a question, maybe not even relating to IGEL itself but an associated technology. Many fine folks jump in to give their suggestions. Recently I saw just this in the IGEL Community, and the solution is so fantastic and helpful; I wanted to share it with all of you! Joseph Masone, asked the question: "Aside from modifying hosts files, is there a way to allow only a list of URLs we designate vi...
Dec 07, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 68
IGEL , a maker of well-engineered thin client hardware devices for two decades, is exiting that business as part of an all-out drive to make its popular Linux secure edge operating system the standard for Windows workspace computing across any device or cloud. The decision to stop production of hardware thin clients for the No. 3 provider of thin clients in North America and Europe with an installed base of three million devices - opens the door for lGEL to provide its next gen edge OS exclusive...
Nov 23, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video to learn how to configure the prioritization of audio devices on IGEL OS. Unified Communications is widely used in today’s world. The requirement to configure audio devices is a must. In the following video, you will learn how to prioritize audio devices found on IGEL OS devices. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Check device recognition 03:05 Check devices in Sou...
Nov 10, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 66
IGEL is proud to be hosting a new webinar series with IGEL Ready analytics partners 7SIGNAL , Liquidware and ControlUp . During this series, which kicks off on Tuesday, October 18 , attendees will have the opportunity to learn how the joint solutions offered by IGEL and these three IGEL Ready partners can help optimize the employee experience in today’s work-from-anywhere world. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Patrick Toner
Nov 02, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 65
In this video, Sebastian Perusat will walk you through the tasks needed to update the IGEL OS via the IGEL UMS, including how to check for and download updates, manually update, configurations required, and firmware update best practices. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 01:50 Check the installed firmware version 01:58 Check for newer / older Updates 02:30 Downloading via UMS 03:10 Checking connectivity 03:47 Manual Download v...
Oct 24, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Have you ever been in a situation where you have a user with brand new endpoints out in the field, at home, or elsewhere, and you need to guide them to be able to access your Citrix published Desktops and/or Apps environment? Has there at any time been any problems when onboarding users, making them install the right components and configure their machines in the correct way? IGEL has been working hard to make onboarding IGEL OS users in the field very easy. With the release of the IGEL Cloud Ga...
Oct 24, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 65
LG participation in the IGEL “Why Compromise” campaign. As part of this global promotion, IGEL is providing 14-inch LG gram laptops, pre-loaded with IGEL OS and integrated with ControlUp’s Digital Employee Experience Management platform, to qualified participants. To trial an IGEL powered LG laptop, Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Tonner Co-host: Chris Feeney
Sep 21, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 63
This week the team takes a break from discussing IGEL blogs and covers the IGEL CLI concepts and some key commands that every IGEL administrator should know. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Chris Feeney Co-host: Sebastien Perusat
Sep 16, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 62
We then look at what is sustainability and why it has become so important to companies. In fact, most companies annual reports now include sustainability as a strategic business objective. We look at the pandemic and the impact it is had on the environment and how remote working is a key driver in reducing emissions. We also investigate how EUC has a major impact on emissions and is responsible for 1% of Global emissions which is on a par with the airline industry which I thought was a shocking ...
Aug 29, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 61
How to configure, set up, and use the IGEL OS command line (CLI) from the IGEL OS desktop and IGEL UMS. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Sebastien Perusat
Aug 18, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video for a deep dive into how to transfer files from the IGEL UMS to the IGEL OS. Host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Sebastian Perusat
Aug 05, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 59
IGEL is proud to be a member of the Digital Workspace Ecosystem Alliance (DWEA), a non-profit consortium of technology leaders dedicated to providing vendor-neutral tools and resources to help organizations develop their digital workspace strategies. Essential to these efforts is the ability to identify where organizations are in their digital workspace journey today. To help the DWEA assess and evaluate the challenges and opportunities that remote, hybrid and on-premises work environments curre...
Jul 26, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Recently, in the IGEL Community, Leon Beitsch, IGEL Community VIP, released a white paper detailing how to configure IGEL OS with Chromium. This is a hot topic, and Leon does a great job sharing the fine details on installing and configuring Chromium with IGEL OS. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Chris Feeney Co-host: Patrick Toner
Jul 20, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 57
In this video, Sebastian Perusat will walk you through the tasks needed to remove a license from the IGEL OS, including working with the IGEL UMS, License Portal, command-line, and IGEL OS itself. This is a frequently asked question within the IGEL Community, KB, and Support. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction 02:05 Get the license identifier in UMS 03:30 Search for device in licensing portal 03:50 Change your...
Jul 11, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 56
7SIGNAL is among the gold sponsors of this year’s DISRUPT On Tour 2022 End User Computing Forum, which is making 21 stops in cities across North America and Europe. Alongside IGEL and other leading end user computing leaders, 7SIGNAL will be showcasing the latest innovations and best practices to deliver digital experience monitoring solutions for the hybrid work era. During our session, you’ll learn how to: Reduce the time required for troubleshooting from days to minutes Proactively identify i...
Jul 11, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Recently, in the IGEL Community, Lars Glöckner, Senior Solutions Architect EMEA at IGEL, posted a tech-tip on configuring Zoom virtual backgrounds on IGEL OS. Make Zoom Virtual Background on Linux available with Citrix, VMware Horizon, and AVD (WVD) when you don't have the supported hardware in place. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Chris Feeney
Jun 22, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Recent news regarding the two most historically influential companies within the VDI industry has shone a spotlight on an ever-changing, dynamic environment for organizations looking to deliver secure, controlled, and productive end-user virtual experiences to their people. Last year, Citrix announced major organizational leadership changes coupled with some significant employee layoffs. And just last week, Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware for $61 billion, making it one of the ...
Jun 22, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Lenovo is among the Gold sponsors of this year’s DISRUPT On Tour 2022 End User Computing Forum, which is making 21 stops in cities across North America and Europe. Alongside IGEL and other leading industry technology companies, Lenovo will be showcasing the latest innovations and best practices to deliver digital workspace solutions for the hybrid work era. The hybrid work environment is here to stay and mobile and desktop endpoint devices are becoming vital to workplace productivity. Join my se...
Jun 07, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This podcast describes how to install the Distributed IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS). Detailed information on the Distributed UMS can be found under Installing an IGEL UMS Server on the IGEL knowledge base. The following concepts apply: if you plan a new installation of the Distributed UMS if you already have a standard UMS installation but want to switch to the Distributed UMS Host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Chris Feeney...
May 31, 2022•42 min
The idea behind Buddy Update is to allow remote IGEL OS endpoints to update from a local Buddy Update Server vs. all remote devices contacting the IGEL OS UMS to download the new IGEL OS version. This results in much less bandwidth usage across slower WAN links. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: Introduction Topology Create the Buddy Master role Update the Buddy Master Create the Buddy Slave role Debug the Slave Additional impo...
May 11, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 50
So, this week you may have noticed I have been busy releasing lots of videos on Linkedin. A series of posts that I have called “Another Day, Another Way.” This week’s focus has been on a common question I am asked, “Ok, so I love IGEL, now how do I get IGEL OS onto my devices?” As you may know, there are many answers to this question and multiple ways we can deploy IGEL OS to an endpoint. For this blog, we will focus purely on installing IGEL OS with zero touch from the end-user allowing remote ...
May 05, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 49
IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you to use IGEL OS drive encryption. You will learn how to obfuscate the corporate identity, hide AD login info, manage lost devices, enhance the chain of trust, and deal with legal compliance. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Sebastien Perusat
May 02, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 48
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasing digital technologies, and the shifting generational perspective on the workplace have made more employees favor hybrid and remote models. According to a recent study by Accenture , 83% of global workers prefer a hybrid work situation, and 63% of high-growth organizations currently have a work from anywhere policy. While hybrid and remote workforces offer numerous benefits, they can make it challenging for IT teams to manage security. If businesses want to have p...
Apr 25, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video to learn how to use and optimize IGEL’s Job (scheduled tasks) feature. IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you to create and optimize IGEL scheduled tasks, known as Jobs. You will learn how to create jobs, the commands required for Jobs, schedule an update, and check the Job’s results. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction 02:50 Creating a Job 03:25 Commands explained 10:00 Sc...
Apr 19, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 46
The IGEL Community leverages Slack as our daily give and take platform. It truly is a beautiful platform for communicating with each other, and in four years together, we have posted over 300,000 messages. If you are new to Slack or even a seasoned pro, you might have thought, "Do you ask yourself whether I need all these annoying notifications from Slack?" Or do you ever get the desire to punch your keyboard when using the Search function? (BTW, Slack has a super powerful search engine once you...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 45
